Before dinner book & wine. My husband made a delicious Burmese dinner. 🧡
Now off to the World Series!
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Before dinner book & wine. My husband made a delicious Burmese dinner. 🧡
Now off to the World Series!
Attended this tonight- as usual, fantastic, thought provoking interview. Great audience questions as well. Much to mull over. My book will be in the mail tomorrow from B & N. Excited to journey again with Gamache soon! Book #20 in the series.
I am totally mesmerized by this book- finished section #1; could not put the book down. No spoilers-as you read these pictures will make sense to you. #sundaybuddyread
pickReally enjoyed this book- the characters, the sense of humor, the adventure. Sad to her Christie‘s female main character, Bundle does not reappear in any of her books again. She is strong willed, intelligent, adventurous, self possessed. #christieCapers #AgathaChristieClubR3
#MondayMood
1) all my women friends who are with me during this journey without Poe. 2)watched the Rally for Zohran Mamdani-introducing him were Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, & Bernie Sanders.Inspiring.3,6,8) With Poe snuggling.Waiting for his test results later today.4)watched US Women‘s soccer team best Portugual.6)Poetry makes me happy.A poem per day 7) books!!!! For pleasure, distraction discussion,growth
My mood?Anxious (Poe)
Visiting Vermont today with VT state police detective Franklin Warren.The author‘s previous novel in this new series, Agony Hill, was fabulous-character driven but also the sense of a small town community as a character in itself.The author lives in VT. #10BeforetheEnd
Such a gorgeous cover! I have not kept up with weekly reading this month, but read the last half of the book book today, with Poe on my lap.Just love this tale of murder, plot twists, sisters & sisterhood in 1930s LA Chinatown, intersecting with Hollywood. #sundaybuddyread
pickBrilliant last novel in the DCI Banks series.Of course there is the requisite music,food,wines,&craft beer.Two intriguing storylines:2019-after archeologists uncover a modern skeleton with evidence of a murder,Banks is tasked with uncovering the skeletons identity.1980s- Nick Hartley is devastated by the murder of his ex-girlfriend.His story ends up being somehow intertwined with the later murder.Police corruption is involved.#10BeforetheEnd
#BookReport
Reading a poem a day from Occasional Grace #poetry; a few pages per week of WWK #NF; listening to audiobook MAM #RedmondandHazeMysteries #2; ETB finished#libraryfind; Reading SITS #DCIBanksNovel; reading ASDC #readyourkindle #ALinleyNovel
Poe is home! He went downstairs on his own four paws this morning; We did not have to carry him. He finally ate & drank lots this morning. His meds seem to be helping. We hear some of his text results later today. Thank you all so much for your outpouring of support & love. Poe thanks you too. #catsoflitsy
I am having my coffee with him on my lap while reading. #10BeforetheEnd
#FridayHappyReadingHour #HappyFridayDrinks
I am enjoying a well deserved glass of Chardonnay while I await a Chinese food delivery.We almost lost Poe today- his breathing was labored, he was lethargic,not eating.At first one doctor suggested putting him down but my husband asked for fluid testing,bloodwork etc.they did all that & aspired fluid from his chest- it was clear.We have him back home while waiting test results.He is on lasix.🙏🏻
“ There are always as many ways to love as there are to walk in a forest”.
#beautybreak
Maria Popova always always fills my heart.
https://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward/show?u=13eb080d8a315477042e0d5b1&id=9e...
I enjoy the early morning darkness. It feels quiet, soothing. I actually do not like “ fall back” time. The sun sets much too early. #coffeeandbooks #10BeforetheEnd
Enjoy your day!
pick#cozy #ConstableEvansMystery
1.Constable Evans walks a beat in a small village in Wales. A superior requests that he accompany a film company that is filming a documentary of the raising of a WWII German bomber sunk in a nearby lake.When one of the companies‘ members is murdered,Evans has to investigate.
2.An American woman arrives in the village,claiming she is involved in research of psychic powers.Upon convincing a local barmaid,Betsy that⬇️
#WDNCW
We do not care that during proctoring PSAT‘s we gave too many breaks because so many of our students with plans were freaking out even when we told that it counts for nothing with college board. We do not care that we let these same students all decompress in the Resource Room no matter if they were “ours” or not-We do not care that we had a stupid Zoom AI training that we ignored & did other work while it played.The program will not be ⬇️
Finished the first 3 books- working on the 4th book bit by bit.
#ConstableEvansMystery #fictionaltraveler #trees #readyourkindle #Audiomystery #nonfiction
“But I really don‘t trust them [Germans]….
#MondayMood #MoodMonday
I was literally too burnt out to attend Kings rallies. My mood today is influenced by 1) My friend‘s 2nd book of poetry published. She asked me to write a review. Help! How do you review poetry???? 2) gray gray day today, msking me feel both tired & elated- huge big beautiful clouds filling the sky around me.3) made Julia Child‘s beef bourguignon, cooking for us makes me happy4) my son made cod loin for dinner.5)Em & me.
That last stanza… 🩷 picture of my son on one of many of our walks in the woods. #beautybreak
From my porch & garden. The Echinacea is confused- bloomed today! The Milkweed never stopped blooming. The leaves have turned & are floating to the ground.Mashup of seasons.. Poetry is a perfect read for this scene. #beautybreak
Starting my morning with coffee, raisin toast, & an easy peasy book. I have let go of the why & just accepted that non demanding reading is what I can cope with at the moment.
I am enjoying the pointed editing by a previous reader. I don‘t condone writing in library books, but I admit I am enjoying seeing an other reader catch some editing mistakes!
Here are my #10BeforeTheEnd choices
Thanks for hosting this @ChaoticMissAdventures !
Joining in this readathon, hoping joining in with other Littens will get me out of my slump this week. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks Please join in whoever wants to! 📚📚📚
Went to the library & checked out a few mysteries hoping to get me reading. Now I am relaxing in my “ reading” loveseat & enjoying wine & cheese. Happy Friday!!!#FridayHappyReadingHour
Feeling very blue this morning when I woke up today-not my usual self-change of seasons? Busy week at work-parent conferences Wed & Thursday-Thursday until 7:00 pm. Low energy. Not sure why. Barely read this week-nothing felt quite right. So, this look back for #5JoysFriday helped my perspective & mood tremendously. Thanks Deb! 1)NYC/MOMA 2)my son‘s birthday-cake!!! 3)a rose to support breast cancer 4) my friend Deb Nash Ott 2nd book of poetry⬇️
So much candy from my youth: dum dum, bazooka bubble gum, lifesavers, M&Ms, milk duds. Andres mints: nostalgia, my mom was an elegant entertainer. Andres mints were always available in a fancy dish. She shared one each with us.❤️
#TLT
#MoodMonday
Many shifts in mood. Relief that our storm was manageable, rather an unevent. Elation that Hostages are released;glad but so sad for the Palestinians who are returning to their devastated, war torn country;tacos for dinner! Oh & so happy to have the day off to finish up some projects, read, cook!
#weeklyforecast
Behind all my buddy reads, so my hope is to catch up with them this week.I have been letting myself get distracted with Britbox shows, other books.
More rain, wind predicted for tonight. So far our electricity has only gone out for a few seconds at a time.
Some treats from my visit to MOMA. Two magnets, magnetic book clips/markers, MOMA pin.
“ Art Is A Guarantee of Sanity”
“Benedict is very aware of his own faults…he knows among them is an unhealthy fascination with murder…”
Me too?!
pickAnother in this remarkable series featuring Comissario Guido Brunetti.This tagged book is all in the minuscule details of Brunetti‘s home/family life,& police work life.It‘s in home cooked meals,the love between he & lhis wife, & children,the book discussions,the coffee shops,the cafes, the walks through Venice‘s streets,over its bridges, & rides in its canal boats.It‘s in each of his unique work relationships.His decisions are by guided by his ⬇️
Top two books are read alones; the rest are buddy reads.
#CommissarioBrunettiNovel #fictionaltraveler2025 #tree #wildwoman #familybuddyread #europacollective #sundaybuddyread
A leisurely read while on the train from Grand Central to New Haven, CT.- The delicate dance that he & his counterpart,Comissisario Claudia Griffoni step to when interrogating suspects,the coffee breaks, the descriptions of meals prepared by his wife, Paola, the conversations at the dinner table with their two children, the books they are both reading & discussions he has with his wife- all comforting & familiar to me.#CommissaroBrunettiNovel
From Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, MOMA. I had no idea there was a particular refugee flag. I learned so much today in such a fun & amazing way.
Designed by Margaret E. Knight in 1870s-1880s. “One of the first women to obtain a US patent. Who knew?!
From Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, MOMA.
From the exhibit Pirouette: Turning Points in Design , at the MOM, Rainbow Flag. 🏳️🌈
From Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, at the MOMA Such an intriguing exhibit. We had such fun! This is for you Christine!
#5JoysFriday
Too busy dining & dancing last night at a fundraiser for a local University to post!
1) river walk
2) Marcella Hazan‘s beef bolognes
3) Poe & I reading
4)Cut flowers still blooming ever after a freeze
5) my sister & I at last night‘s dinner dance!
Off to NYC today to view 2 exhibits at MOMA: Pirouette:Turning Points in Design:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5756
Odili Donald Odita: Songs from Life
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5794
Songs from Life Playlist for listening
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/1194
Listening to this while cooking tonight. An enjoyable “cozy” set in post WWI countryside. A nice break from the intensity of the last two Joyce Ellis audio novels.
Listening to this because it was free until 10/7. Hoping to finish it, but…on 22/33 #audiobook
#weeklyforecast
Catch up with Mona‘s Eyes, #EuropiaCollective, continue with Twain,#familyread, read Women who Run with Wolves #wildwoman, Death Climbs a Tree #fictionaltraveler #tree,read next section of #sundaybuddyread, listen to Hunted on the Fens, #audiomystery; Trace Elements, #CommissarioGuidoBrunnettiMystery
